Never cutting corners is critical. Fishing is more of an art than a science and you'll never get the results you want if you cut corners and don't put in the hours. — Alaska Rainbow LodgeLake Hartwell Striper Guide Fishing

Warm weather and budding leaves has got the wild turkeys out and strutting. The early spring also has the hunting guides at Up-Close Outfitters biting at the bit, with the season still weeks away. Our season is completely booked for the regular season, however we still have three days available for NC youth turkey week. […]

Up-Close Outfitters has managed to hunt a few days in the SC turkey season. Our goal was to kill a mature gobbler with a very old muzzle loader! Opening day started of with a hard cold front but a few birds gobbling here and there. Throughout the day we managed to call in two gobblers […]

Turkey hunting has been great so far this year. We have had a few misses but that is to be expected in the turkey hunting guide business. Up-Close Outfitters has managed 9 shots within 40 yards in the 10 days that the season has been open. 3 or 4 other really close encounters has also […]

Hunting wild turkey on public land in the smokey mountains of North Carolina. Join Up-Close Outfitters on a 2012 turkey hunt and see if our client can fill his turkey tag with this professional guide service.